Dr. Penny Draper has a private piano studio, and also teaches piano at Emanuel Lutheran School, in addition to tuning pianos. She has bachelor degrees (cum laude) from Michigan State University (MSU) in applied piano pedagogy, for which she was awarded a four-year piano scholarship by the MSU piano faculty, and choral education. She has taught private and public school choral music at all age levels, and since 1979 has directed The Renaissance Singers, a costumed troupe specializing in the performance of early music, and known locally for participation in the Elizabethan Musicall Feastes sponsored by the MSU Student Union. While pursuing an M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology at MSU, she also studied Piano Technology, and held graduate assistantships in both fields, in addition to fulfilling a sabbatical appointment at The University of Michigan-Flint, where she taught music history and accompanied the Chorale. Her master's degree included a minor in religious studies and her Ph.D. dissertation focused on Renaissance church music.

Professional organizations include membership in the national music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota, as well as the honorary Pi Kappa Lambda. Penny was selected as Teacher of the Year in 2003 by the Capital Area Music Teachers Association, and coordinates their local Piano Student Achievement Testing Program. She is currently President of two music organizations, the Michigan Music Teachers Association, and Lansing Matinee Musicale.

Penny toured Europe as the Music Director for Suitcase Theatre, an auditioned touring troupe of local youth (ages 16-22), and also as an auditioned member of the Michigan School Vocal Association Touring Choir, comprised of Michigan School Choral directors. She is listed in several current editions of Marquis Who's Who, as well as in Who's Who Editions published by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.

Penny and her husband, William, have two daughters, Paige and Josselin, who are lifetime members of Plymouth. At the church Penny is now teaching the children of her former youth choir members, though no grandchildren of those members yet!